Lindsey Vonn still uncertain about future following crash at Olympics
The injury nearly resulted in her left leg being amputated and came nine days after Vonn tore her anterior cruciate ligament in a World Cup crash.
Yen soars as Japan intervenes after issuing ‘final’ warning
Until the government stepped in, the currency had been trading close to its cheapest levels in four decades.
Japan Times 1976: Disappointed hot-rod fans kill cameraman
Fifty years ago, a Kobe riot turns deadly; 25 years ago, a dictator’s son slips into Tokyo Disneyland.
Japan’s wig masters bring the kabuki stage to life
In kabuki, transformation begins with the wig, as master artisans shape identity, status and emotion strand by strand.
Supreme leader vows Iran won’t give up nuclear technologies
The Islamic Republic will “guard” its “advanced technologies” like it does its own borders, Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written statement.
Air travel bookings for Japan’s Golden Week holiday robust
Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways reported year-on-year growth in reservations for both domestic and international flights for the eight-day period.
Shinjiro Koizumi to visit South Korea for defense talks in June
This will be Koizumi’s first visit to South Korea since he assumed his post last October.
Japan to begin Minamata disease survey as early as this year
The survey on residents of the Shiranui Sea coast in Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures will be conducted for the first time under a special law that took effect in 2009.
Japanese fried chicken with a Southern twist
Step up your “karaage” game by coating your chicken in a rich miso milk marinade — Southern style.
Documentary captures the long echo of Fukushima’s nuclear disaster
Without narration or music, Toru Yamada’s intimate documentary “At the Triangle Intersection” follows the silences, routines and unresolved tensions of post-disaster life.